deal with the white house to avoid the fiscal cliff. if president obama and congress are now on christmas vacation. it will be thursday before talks will resume to try to prevent the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts from taking effect on january 1st. andrew spencer has the latest. >> some republicans say that president obama wants the country to fall off the cliff. >> we have been over the cliff before and this is what we will do it again. >> house speaker john boehner failed to get votes on his plan be carry it on friday, the speaker and president left town without a deal. >> i have asked the leaders of congress to work with may to prevent a tax hike. >> the president's solution was far from what i could see. >> the partisan bickering has put the country on the verge of an economic crisis. they are currently gridlock. >> if we allow the country to go the cliff this will be the most colossal consequential act of congressional irresponsibility. >> president obama isn't quite for christmas. he stated that he will cut his vacation sho